Upbringing

Upbringing

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Upbringing episodes

  • LIVE Q&A // Sensitive + spirited kids ignoring, freaking out when boundary held, partners insist on spanking, over-the-top reactions

    Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

    - Kid is an extreme negotiator, loses it when boundaries are held
    - 3 yo laughs uncontrollably when parent states boundary
    - Kid has insomnia, parent struggling to stay regulated
    - 3 yo sensitive + spirited kid
    - Building resilience + adaptive self-regulation skills
    - Outsiders + family judge mom for not punishing kids
    - Out of control 2 year old
    - Husband thinks spanking is beneficial
    - 5yo over the top dramatic reactions
    - Sensitive 7yo gets frustrated + angry
    - Sibs fighting - how to help?
    - 3yo having meltdowns
    - 4yo makes baby cry

    Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

    Relevant Links:

    - Our Freedoms Model
    -
    Our RESIST Approach
    -
    Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
    -
    Our Resources Page
    -
    Our Coaching page
    -
    Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
    -
    Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
    -
    Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

    Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

    Email us: [email protected]
    Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

    Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

    Disclaimer: Hannah & Kelty are parenting coaches and do not work in a professional therapist’s or MD capacity to diagnose or treat mental health disorders. They cannot advise parents on issues such as drug addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, severe psychiatric disorders, child abuse, assault, etc.

    1 hr 1 min
  • LIVE Q&A // Kids saying “Bad Mommy”, hurting their siblings, bickering, clingy, doing gross stuff, won’t share

    Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

    - Kid saying “bad mommy” when parent gets home with no binary talk at home
    - Mom not at her best with new baby + 3 kids, how to show up?
    - Kids hurting each other and parent can’t get there in time
    - Clingy 3.5 yo who wont’ leave parent alone or gets into all the things
    - Kid doing “gross” things like burping in sibs’ face, picking nose etc.
    - Twin 9yo always bickering and fighting
    - 5yo niece says “shut up!” when being babysit
    - 5yo melts down when time runs out for game when shoes aren’t on
    - 2yo clashes with bestie about sharing
    - Sons are RUDE - how to help them become respectful humans? 
    - What to do when we hear a threat come out and we want to take it back?

    Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

    Relevant Links:

    - Our Freedoms Model
    -
    Our RESIST Approach
    -
    Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
    -
    Our Resources Page
    -
    Our Coaching page
    -
    Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
    -
    Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
    -
    Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

    Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.


    Email us: [email protected]
    Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

    Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

    Disclaimer: Hannah & Kelty are parenting coaches and do not work in a professional therapist’s or MD capacity to diagnose or treat mental health disorders. They cannot advise parents on issues such as drug addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, severe psychiatric disorders, child abuse, assault, etc.

    1 hr 2 min
  • LIVE Q&A // Kids without impulse control, won’t play alone, stay in their room, stop hitting sibling, be quiet + relaxed

    Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos.

    A few of the topics we cover this episode:

    - Kid refuses to play alone, moves through activities too quickly
    - Supporting 5 month old with a demanding 3 year old
    - What are open-ended play opportunities?
    - Kids needing sleep support… when is too young to “fade”?
    - Control toolbox vs RESIST toolbox for discipline with kids
    - Kids hitting sib + saying they hate her
    - Kid trips / knocks over baby ALL DAY.
    - Kid with no impulse control
    - The power of the “Circle Back”
    - How do you self-regulate as a parent to support the kids?
    - How can we get out kids to be social and respectful?
    - Needs vs. behavior, self-awareness vs. socialization
    - Spirited 6 yo so loud, bouncy, crazy
    - How to support kids’ nervous systems
    - Kid licking and biting parent
    - Parent feeling like they need ear plugs
    - 3 yo doesn’t like loud talk or laughing
    - How to self-reg when you’re gonna lose it
    - Kid who is quick to hit/fight/yell after alone time- Kid who says NO about everything
    - What our Freedoms Model + Resist Approach is all about
    - What we think about behavioral therapy

    Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!


    Relevant Links:


    - Our Freedoms Model
    -
    Our RESIST Approach
    -
    Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
    -
    Our Resources Page
    -
    Our Coaching page
    -
    Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
    -
    Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
    -
    Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

    Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

    Email us: [email protected]
    Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

    Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

    Disclaimer: Hannah & Kelty are parenting coaches and do not work in a professional therapist’s or MD capacity to diagnose or treat mental health disorders. They cannot advise parents on issues such as drug addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, severe psychiatric disorders, child abuse, assault, etc.

    1 hr 8 min
  • LIVE Q&A // Kids won't brush hair + teeth, rude, harsh words, won't empathize

    Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we 
    cover this episode:

    - Kid refuses to brush knots out of hair
    - Constantly stressing + apologizing to kids
    - 19 mo won't won't brush teeth
    - Kids are rude, call each other dumb, stupid
    - 6 yo won't leave park, even after agreeing
    - 5 yo won't empathize when they hurt sibling
    - Our 4 kids wouldn't separate from each other
    - Blowing up at kids - how to apologize?

    Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram.
    Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

    Relevant Links:

    - Our Freedoms Model
    -
    Our RESIST Approach
    -
    Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
    -
    Our Resources Page
    -
    Our Coaching page
    -
    Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
    -
    Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
    -
    Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

    Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.


    Email us: [email protected]
    Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

    Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

    Disclaimer: Hannah & Kelty are parenting coaches and do not work in a professional therapist’s or MD capacity to diagnose or treat mental health disorders. They cannot advise parents on issues such as drug addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, severe psychiatric disorders, child abuse, assault, etc.

    51 min
  • LIVE Q&A // Sensitive kids, resist shots + medicine, won’t clean up, share, rude at playground, resisting bedtime

    Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

    - Kid refuses shots, medicine, tooth cleaning
    - Early parent lives with a parent who yells + shames their kids
    - Highly sensitive kid resources
    - 2 kids getting out of control before bedtime
    - Kid won’t share when playing
    - Kids won’t clean up
    - Kid refusing to stay in bed, up til 10pm
    - 15 mo responsive + wanting to be in the loop
    - 12 mo wrestling + kicking dog
    - 2 yo wants to be held constantly when can't
    - 5 yo judging other kids by their looks
    - Kid refuses to poop on the toilet


    Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!


    Relevant Links:

    - Our Freedoms Model
    -
    Our RESIST Approach
    -
    Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
    -
    Our Resources Page
    -
    Our Coaching page
    -
    Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
    -
    Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
    -
    Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

    Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

    Email us: [email protected]
    Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

    Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

    Disclaimer: Hannah & Kelty are parenting coaches and do not work in a professional therapist’s or MD capacity to diagnose or treat mental health disorders. They cannot advise parents on issues such as drug addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, severe psychiatric disorders, child abuse, assault, etc.

    1 hr 6 min
  • LIVE Q&A // Kids complaining, negative attitudes, tantrums, won't finish food, nightmares

    Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

    - When one kids’ big feelings freak out the other kids
    - When kids' big feelings freak out our partner or other caregiver
    - Kids complaining, negative attitudes, whining
    - How to handle insecure kid with new little baby sib
    - Caregiver clashes
    - Kid tantrums and frustrations
    - Kid says "I hate you! You're the worst mom ever!"
    - Kids fighting over who is first for everything
    - Kids won't finish their meals
    - Kid has nightmares, sleeps bad with one co-parent

    Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!


    Relevant Links:

    - Our Freedoms Model
    - Our RESIST Approach
    - Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
    - Our Resources Page
    - Our Coaching page
    - Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
    - Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
    - Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

    Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.


    Email us: [email protected]
    Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

    Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

    Disclaimer: Hannah & Kelty are parenting coaches and do not work in a professional therapist’s or MD capacity to diagnose or treat mental health disorders. They cannot advise parents on issues such as drug addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, severe psychiatric disorders, child abuse, assault, etc.

    54 min
  • LIVE Q&A // Kids raging, running away, rude to friends, separation anxiety + clinginess

    Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

    - 3 yo running away in parking lots + during transitions
    - 6 yo copying negative behaviors from school
    - 2.5 yo needs help understanding neuro-diverse cousins
    - Little boy raging and kicking in meltdowns
    - Kid being rude to friends at the park
    - Kid yells about nothing, laughs when doing something wrong
    - Kid wakes from naps hysterically crying
    - 18 mo super clingy + needy, screams at separations

    Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

    Relevant Links:

    - Our Freedoms Model
    -
    Our RESIST Approach
    -
    Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
    -
    Our Resources Page
    -
    Our Coaching page
    -
    Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
    -
    Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
    -
    Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

    Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

    Email us: [email protected]
    Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

    Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

    Disclaimer: Hannah & Kelty are parenting coaches and do not work in a professional therapist’s or MD capacity to diagnose or treat mental health disorders. They cannot advise parents on issues such as drug addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, severe psychiatric disorders, child abuse, assault, etc.

    53 min
  • LIVE Q&A // Kids kicking dog, angry words, won't clean up, constantly "naughty" + "acting out"

    Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

    - 2.5 yo hitting + kicking dog
    - Parent struggling with reactivity
    - Kid saying violent things like “I want to cut your face”
    - Kid hitting + seeking sensory stimulation
    - "Naughty" kid + how to support/stop labeling
    - How can we reconnect after a blow up with our kids?
    - Will reconnecting/apologizing lose its meaning over time?
    - My partner needs “proof” that respectful parenting works
    - 4 yo blames 1yo for making mess when they didn’t
    - Kid won’t follow rules or stay off Youtube during school
    - Parent says “can I tell you” and kid says “no”
    - 6 yo constantly “acting out”
    - 2 yo won’t ever help clean up
    - 2.5 yo screaming and non-verbal

    Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

    Relevant Links:

    - Our Freedoms Model
    -
    Our RESIST Approach
    -
    Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
    -
    Our Resources Page
    -
    Our Coaching page
    -
    Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
    -
    Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
    -
    Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law

    Contact us! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.

    Email us: [email protected]
    Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

    Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

    Disclaimer: Hannah & Kelty are parenting coaches and do not work in a professional therapist’s or MD capacity to diagnose or treat mental health disorders. They cannot advise parents on issues such as drug addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, severe psychiatric disorders, child abuse, assault, etc.

    1 hr 5 min
  • LIVE Q&A // Why connection trumps correction w/ kids hitting, won't listen, go to school, sit for dinner, play nice

    Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:


    - Kid stonewalling + gaslighting parent
    - Toddler ignoring requests + expectations
    - Kid refusing to go to school
    - Kid won't sit for dinner, "hands out NO like candy"
    - Kid throws food at sitter, struggles w/ online school
    - 5 yo hits himself when parent says to stop doing something
    - 5 yo steals + runs away with things he shouldn't have
    - 5 yo intentionally hurts baby sibling
    - 6 yo tackling younger sib, not respecting "no"
    - Spirited kid demanding things rudely
    - Kid throws tantrum when parent leaves for work
    - Kid refuses to walk into their classroom
    - Kid hitting + kicking dog
    - Kid verbally abusing sib for no apparent reason



    Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!



    Relevant Links:


    - Our Freedoms Model
    -
    Our RESIST Approach
    -
    Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
    -
    Our Resources Page
    -
    Our Coaching page
    -
    Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
    -
    Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
    -
    Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law



    Visit our website, www.upbringing.co to learn more about us and sign up for our newsletter! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.



     Email us: [email protected]

    Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co



    Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

    Disclaimer: Hannah & Kelty are parenting coaches and do not work in a professional therapist’s or MD capacity to diagnose or treat mental health disorders. They cannot advise parents on issues such as drug addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, severe psychiatric disorders, child abuse, assault, etc.

    58 min
  • LIVE Q&A // Teach respect to spirited, angry kids + our concerns with Brené Brown’s Family Gap Plan

    Welcome back to our LIVE Q&A SERIES on the podcast through the rest of the year, using the audio from our weekly Instagram LIVE videos. A few of the topics we cover this episode:

    - Teaching kids respect, worthiness, belonging
    - When our kids are “rude”
    - @ModernMomProbs, where we spoke about spirited kids
    - 10 yr old challenging everything, always has to have last word
    - Parent struggling as “mediator” w/ kid + husband
    - Grandma pretends to cry + have feelings hurt to kids
    - Brené Brown’s Family Gap Plan and our plea to rewrite it!
    - Guilt vs shame - guilting vs shaming
    - When you need space but get chased by kid
    - The power of the “circle back”
    - 6 yo won’t follow rules at school
    - Angry, vengeful kid
    - 4 yo spirited kid hitting baby
    - 3 yo smug after hurting younger sibling
    - Mental Mantras when our kids “disrespect”

    Tune in and connect on our LIVE Q&As, every Tuesday AND Thursday at 5PM PST on Instagram. Catch up on past LIVE session on our IGTV tab. As always, we laugh, we cry, we lean in… join us!

    Relevant Links:


    - Our Freedoms Model
    -
    Our RESIST Approach
    -
    Our Shop - GUIDES + PRINTS!
    -
    Our Resources Page
    -
    Our Coaching page
    -
    Amber Okamura, Upbringing’s Artist
    -
    Mary Schroeder, Upbringing’s Letterer
    -
    Alex Olavarria, our producer, musician, editor + husband/brother in law


    Visit our website, www.upbringing.co to learn more about us and sign up for our newsletter! We want to hear your thoughts. We care deeply about what you think and how you’re doin’, so get in touch -- we’re better together.



    Email us: [email protected]
    Follow Upbringing on Instagram: @upbringing.co

    Join us to explore topics such as: parenting, motherhood, discipline, resistance, RIE parenting, feminist parenting, toddlers, tantrums, potty training, mindful parenting, conscious parenting, evidence-based parenting, positive parenting, respectful parenting, simplicity parenting and positive discipline.

    Disclaimer: Hannah & Kelty are parenting coaches and do not work in a professional therapist’s or MD capacity to diagnose or treat mental health disorders. They cannot advise parents on issues such as drug addiction, eating disorders, self-harm, severe psychiatric disorders, child abuse, assault, etc.

    52 min

About Upbringing

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We’re Hannah & Kelty of Upbringing- twins, certified parent coaches + speakers who help caregivers across the globe transcend daily conflict with their kids for sanity + social change.